Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-27

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ett's division in its famous charge
l. II. Trlmble is the grandson of Ma
| ior- General /. Il. Trimble. Charles $
Winder, son Of Biigadier- Genera
Charles Sidney Winder, killed a
Cedar Mountain in command o
the Stonewall brigade. Henry w
: Archer, Jr., son OF Colonel Robert Ar
cher.
After the staff will march the Of
ficers of the societies. At The
head of the column will he born,
four flags crowned with pansies anC
wreatbed with Virginia immortellos
The Maryland color, with the buck
tail at the head OF the lance, was th,
flag OF the First Maryland infantry. NJ
regiment distinguished itself more al
the affair OF Barrisonburg June 6
1862, and 1t was honored by a specia
order of General Ewell, complimentine
it and It's color decorated with "bucs.
tail, the insignia of the Pennsylvania
Bucktails, a gallant Union regiment
which it fought and routed on that oc
casion.
The next flag will be the regimentaI
color of tie First Maryland infantry.
The battle-fag was borne by the Frs,
Maryland cavalry aud at Appomatlox
was taken from the staff and carried
Of by Private Dorsey, Company A,
First Maryland cavalry, and given to a
young lady in Bedford county, who
after twenty years restored it to the
Maryland Line.
The fourth flag. will be the fag of
Company E, First Maryland cavalry,
and is the first Confederate flag with
tie red and white stripes bearing the
AIMS OF Maryland instead Of the stars.
GUESTS or THE DAT.
The MaTylanders have a badge Of
crimson silk, decorated with a pansv
and inscribed with the battle-hag IN
silver. On the left of the column the
guests Of the societies will be borne in a
carriage. They are Colonel John Tay-
lor Wood, commander of the Confeie-
rate States steamship Tallahassee, and
James II. Randall, author of "My
Mary land, in charge of n staff officer,
Major W. Stuart Symington. The Mary
landers have adopted the pansy (Pci-
Scy q NOi-"Think of Me') for their
emblem. 1t bears two colors Of them
slate-black and yellow-and will be the
souvenir of the Maryland Line.
General Trimble writes the follow
ing:
LONDON, ONO, October j., 1857.
General Byad'ey r. JohHson. BahimoTe, Lld.:
Dear General,-As the state Of my health for
bios me 10 make long journey, and. after it.
20 encounter the fatigue ana excitement neces-
saIily attendant upon 20 august ceremony ne
the laying Of a cornerstone % the monument
In honor Of Robert h. Lee, request that you
Will, in some public way. apologize for my abb
sence. that 1t cannot possibly be inferred am
Indifferent as 10 the honor 10 be conferred on
so greet man.
In M estimation ne was the most virtuons,
The most honorable, and the most gifted with
miitary genius Of any mGu in our own or suy
other country, In any age aud although !
knew him long and intimately. aud loved him
as lrothcr, cannot admi, that my personal
feelings IN the least ohscured M judgmeu. &C.
10 bis supOemlncnt abilities and hieh ch1..c-
ter.
Would tLat the prominent men Of our cosu-
try were more Ike him in virtues and patri1 ic
sentiments. and would that the youth Of OR
country migl endeayor to follow lis example
and emulate his virtues, that in the great "a
iuIe Of our republic honorable names msy 10
recorded IN history and deeds Of pafri0ti.In
ono unselfehness iilmninc its pages.
NouTs faithfully, ISAAC K. rRmBL7.
TWO OLD JOHNNY EEBs."
The Baltimore HCraH SAYS Colonel
George w. Alexander and Captain +.
w. Torsch. first and second Lieutenant,
respectively, Of the Maryland Zouaycs,
who, under the lead OF Colonel Thomas.
the steamer st. Nicholas at
the outbreak Of the war and turned her
over TO the Confederatcs, will visit
this week with their families
to take part in the Lee-monument cere-
monies. Colonel Alexander was at one
time in charge of Castle Thunder prison,
at Richmond, and has in his possession
a number OF letters from prominent
Union officers testifying to his kind
Of them during their impri-
Captain Torsch is reputed TO
have been one of the brayest soldier
Of tie COnfederacy.
TINY BRING Geo MEN.
A special to this paper from Ba!ti-
more last night says:
The Maryland ex-Confederates AMI
friends, about GEO persons in all, lett
here at II: 80 p, N. for Richmond in a
train composed of ten passenger ears
and two sleepers. The Marine Banl
will JOIN the party at Washington.